Oil-can.



W. H. REYNOLDS.

on CAN.

APPLICATION FILED SEPTJE, 1918.

1,300,019, Patented Apr. 8,1919.

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Application fileni -septemberl, 1918} Serial uh. 254,631

To all whom it may concern:

Be i knownlthat I, WILLIAM REYNr oLDs, a citizen of the United Statesfresiding at De Soto, in the county of J efierson and r, Specification 0f Letters Patehtl:

State of'Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Oil-Cans, of which the following is a specification. I

ThlS mvention has reference to improvements in dispensing cans, particularly to Oll cans in which the oil is ejiectedjby corn-1.

pressing the flexible bottom thereof, and the primary object of the invention is toprol-i duce a slmple meansfor returning the bots I tom to its initial position afterthe same has,

been forced inwardl in dispensing theoil through the spout o the can. 1 v.

An object of the invention is to produce a means for this purpose in the nature of a substantially1U;shaped depressed portion at "of theqcan body, the sides of the portions providing the channel Lbeingcompressed H v against the edge of the can body, and if necessary soldered thereto; The bottom is in this manner .reinovably connected to the The b odyfof thercanfi, a suitable distance inward of the bottom thereof is'formed with an inturned annularkdepression providing,

fupontheinner surface of the sa d body a continuous bead 9." The can is preferably spring ring arranged in the can adjacent to the bottom thereof and held therein by" contact with an inturned bead formed on thecan, said ring being centrally provided with depending spring fingersthat contact with the inner face of the bottom of the can and return the same to its normal position 1 direction upon the outer surface thereof.

A further object of the invention is to produce a device of this character which may be attached in an ordinary can or which i may be formed with theican inthe process of manufacture thereof. a

but not necessarily round in cross section and the lower wall of the bead is designed to P Theiflexibleibottoiii 8ffor t e ates;

ithel periphery thereof forming a" continuous 5 1 channel that isdesigned to receive theedge contactjwith the edge of a fiat spring ring theedge thereof is formed with'a continuous circumferential depression the under face thereof with afri providing, 11' that {10. The ring l0, a:suitable distance from serves as a reinforcing elementforthe body i of the ring. v

integrally formed with right angularly dis- It is a still further object of the rinventionto produce a device of this character which shall be of an extremely simple construction, i

cheap to manufacture and thoroughly efli cient in the purpose for which it is devised.

Other objects and advantages willfpresent themselves as the nature of the invention'is better understood, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which: I

Figure '1 is an approximately centralv er tical longitudinal sectional view through the can provided withthe improvement; v

Fig. 2 is a horizontalsectional-view approximatelyonthe line2-52 of Fig. lgand Y perspective view ofthe im ig. 3 is a provement,

In the drawings I have illustrated theim- The ring ,10, upon its inner vperiphery "s5 v posed inwardly extending spring fingers '12. These fingers are designed to be bent at an an le; in the same direction, fromthej ring and to contact with the'inner face of; thebottom of.'the can. :TheQring is provldedl with an annular depression forming the same with a reinforcing rib 11.,

The compressible bottom ,8 "is'forced inward of the can in theusual manner, when I 3 the OillStO" be ejected through the spout 7.

InYthe ordinary construction of suchcans continual pressure against the bottom interferes with the resiliency thereof, softhat in a a comparatively short period of use the cans become useless. With my improvement the spring fingers 12 constantly contacting with the bottom 8 retain the same in its ordinary -position, and also'return the said bottomto A its initialposition-after pressure thereon has I provementin connection with an ordinary oil can from which a lubricant is dispensed by compressing the flexible bottom thereof.

The can is indicated-by the-numeral 5 1 having at its mouth a threaded neck 6 in which is screwed the wider'end :of the outlet spout 7; I

beenjreleased. The spring fingers 12 also serve to hold theedge of the plate 10 incon-i I tact with'the bead 9, so'that no additional a means is' necessitated in properly holding theiplate positioned in thecan.

is claimed as new, is a 1,

Having thus described theinvention, what In combination with a can having a formed on the inner edge of the ring and extending inward at an angle therefrom con-' tacting with the bottom of the can.

2. In combination With a can having a 10 continuous inturned bead adjacent to the bottom thereof, of a fiat ring in said can contacting With said bead, said ring having a continuous reinforcing rib, and radially disposed angularly arranged spring fingers on the inner edge of said ring contacting with the bottom holding the latter in one position and retaining the ring in rib contacting position.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature.

WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS.

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' 1 Washington, D. C. 

